Paperweights
Collectors' Pieces 13
by: John Bedford
1968, Walker and Company, NY, NY
64 pages, $10 hardcover
flyleaf: "Although there is a large number of books on objets d’art available in a higher price range, there is very little to suit the enthusiast of more modest means. This series of handbooks, Collectors’ Pieces, answers that need. These books are intended for the reader who has limited knowledge of the subject, perhaps culled from visits to museums, but who may be encouraged to start a collection of the less expensive pieces.
Each volume deal with the subject historically and—where characters such as Josiah Wedgwood are involved—biographically, and explains the process of manufacture in simple terms. The reader is told where he may see the rarer pieces, and to help him in identification a list of marks is given where appropriate. John Bedford is the author of most of the titles in this series.”
